brewt00l
Well-Known Member
Seems Vinny was in town the other week after buying equipment from the Dogfish Head boys down in DE. Local beer writer Jack Curtain has some interesting info on his blog including two new beers:
http://www.jackcurtin.com/index.htm
"We made five different beers, brewed them separately and aged them in barrels, then blended them," said Vinnie. "Dave told me he wanted a darkish Belgian Ale that was aged in a barrel, sour but not too sour. The mixed component part was my idea. Here was there for all three stages of producing the beers and I particularly wanted him there for the blending because it's his beer. Ultimately it was his decision on how the final beer turned out."
20th Anniversary is primarily draught, with what 750ml corked & caged bottles there are to be sold only at the Toronado. Vinnie said that Russian River did a keg each of the two base component beers for serving at the brewpub.
Batch 23 (11%) is a ramped-up version of Damnation. "We pumped it up to a Tripel and added oak chips, changed the malt and hops, but used the same yeast," Vinnie explained. "The name has nothing to do with the movie, although I do talk about Jim Carey on the back label. We're obsessed with the number and put `23' somewhere on all our labels. It celebrates a friend of mine from San Diego, Steve, who passed away."
...and of course, my favorite line in the piece:
That opening, he said, is scheduled for January 2008 and if they pull it off, "you can count on a good flow of Russian River beer into Philadelphia by March."
:rockin:
http://www.jackcurtin.com/index.htm
"We made five different beers, brewed them separately and aged them in barrels, then blended them," said Vinnie. "Dave told me he wanted a darkish Belgian Ale that was aged in a barrel, sour but not too sour. The mixed component part was my idea. Here was there for all three stages of producing the beers and I particularly wanted him there for the blending because it's his beer. Ultimately it was his decision on how the final beer turned out."
20th Anniversary is primarily draught, with what 750ml corked & caged bottles there are to be sold only at the Toronado. Vinnie said that Russian River did a keg each of the two base component beers for serving at the brewpub.
Batch 23 (11%) is a ramped-up version of Damnation. "We pumped it up to a Tripel and added oak chips, changed the malt and hops, but used the same yeast," Vinnie explained. "The name has nothing to do with the movie, although I do talk about Jim Carey on the back label. We're obsessed with the number and put `23' somewhere on all our labels. It celebrates a friend of mine from San Diego, Steve, who passed away."
...and of course, my favorite line in the piece:
That opening, he said, is scheduled for January 2008 and if they pull it off, "you can count on a good flow of Russian River beer into Philadelphia by March."
:rockin: